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Graham Greene
ISBN: 9780099478386
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
Edition: centenary ed
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Graham Greene's gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinian town is considered one of his finest. It tells of Charley Fortnum, the 'Honorary Consul', a whisky-sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of revolutionaries.
Graham Greene's gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinian town is considered one of his finest. It tells of Charley Fortnum, the 'Honorary Consul', a whisky-sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of revolutionaries. As Eduardo Plarr, a local doctor, negotiates with revolutionaries and authorities for Fortnum's release, the corruption of both becomes evident. In this spare, tense novel, Graham Greene explores the morality of a political system that turns priests into killers.
| ISBN | 0099478382 | | Pages | 265 | | ISBN13 | 9780099478386
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 220 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage | | Previous ISBN | 9780099288534 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 199 | | Publication date | 07 Oct 2004 | | Width (mm) | 130 | | Writer of introduction | Nicholas Shakespeare | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY | 823.912 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Alternative ISBN | 9780754053972 |
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" A superb storyteller with a gift for provoking controversy." -- "New York Times" " Greene had the sharpest eyes for trouble, the finest nose for human weaknesses, and was pitilessly honest in his observations . . . For experience of a whole century he was the man within." -- Norman Sherry, "Independent"  Be the first to write a customer review
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